Aurora Specialty Textiles Group Hires Sales Account Manager

Yorkville, Illinois-based printable fabrics manufacturer Aurora Specialty Textiles Group announces the hiring of Erik Nees as sales account manager.

Nees comes to Aurora from Alice Manufacturing, also known as Alice Mills, where he had worked from 1992 until the end of 2018, when Alice Manufacturing closed its doors. He managed sales in the home furnishings, career apparel, industrial applications and medical sectors, targeting global and North American accounts.

“Erik Nees brings a high degree of professional salesmanship to ASTG and an extensive background in the textile industry,” says Dan LaTurno, president of Aurora Specialty Textiles.

In his new role with the company Nees will be oversee industrial sales, which includes working with new and current customers in the tape, bedding, medical and technical textiles industries.